Filler Slab Roofs Advantages

By reducing the quantity and weight of material the roof become less expensive yet retains the strength of the conventional slab.

Filler slab roofs advantages.

Concept the filler slab is based on the principle that for roofs which are simply supported the upper part of the slab is subjected to compressive forces and the lower part of the slab experience tensile forces. The consumption of steel is lesser than that of the solid slab. Filler slab is based on the concrete portions and instead of placing filler material there and is one cost effective roofing system. Hence we are elimi.

Filler slabs are one cost effective roofing system which is based on the concrete portions and instead placing filler material there. The filler material thus is not a structural part of the slab. Filler slab technology is a simple and a very innovative technology for a slab construction. The filler slab is based on the principle that for roofs which are simply supported the upper part of the slab is subjected to compressive forces and the lower part of the slab experience tensile forces.

Rcc is composite material where concrete is strong in compression and weak in tension. Thus the filler slab as the roof has the following advantages. Due to the use of low cost less heavy filler material such as clay pots rejected cali cut tiles and broken pieces of cement blocks the filler slab consumes less concrete and steel as compared to conventional rcc slab. This image shows a beam.

Consumes less concrete and steel due to reduced weight of slab by the introduction of a less heavy low cost filler material like two layers of burnt clay tiles. Where the area above the neutral axis is the compression zone and the area below the neutral axis is tensile zone. Slab thickness minimum 112 5 mm. Due to the reduction of concrete volume the overall cost of slab is lower than solid slab even after considering additional cost of mangalore tiles.